Re: Python script accessing own source code
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:27 PM Robin Becker wrote: > > On 12/05/2021 20:17, Mirko via Python-list wrote: > > Am 12.05.2021 um 20:41 schrieb Robin Becker: > >> ... > >>> > >... > >> since GvR has been shown to have time traveling abilities such a > >> script could paradoxically appear acausally. > >> -- > >> yrs-not-too-seriously > >> Robin Becker > > > > > > Not sure, if that's what you mean, but writing a self-replicating > > script is easy too: > > actually I was really joking about self creating scripts that do something > useful like finding future lotto numbers. > > the artificial programmer servant is some way off > Perhaps not so far off as you might think. With import hooks, it's entirely possible to have a program that creates itself on demand - for instance, you might transpile your script from some variant form of the language (maybe you're trying out a proposed new syntax). It won't help you with the lotto, but it certainly is an AI assistant for a programmer that creates runnable code when called upon. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
On 12/05/2021 20:17, Mirko via Python-list wrote: Am 12.05.2021 um 20:41 schrieb Robin Becker: ... ... since GvR has been shown to have time traveling abilities such a script could paradoxically appear acausally. -- yrs-not-too-seriously Robin Becker Not sure, if that's what you mean, but writing a self-replicating script is easy too: actually I was really joking about self creating scripts that do something useful like finding future lotto numbers. the artificial programmer servant is some way off import os import sys with open(os.path.abspath(__file__)) as myself: with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as yourself: yourself.write(myself.read()) Give it a filename as a command-line argument and it will write itself to that file. -- Robin Becker -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
Am 12.05.2021 um 20:41 schrieb Robin Becker: > ... >> >> with open(__file__) as myself: >> print(myself.read(), end='') > > very nice, but accessing code that's already seems quite easy. I > think the real problem is to get a python script name that creates > and writes itself. So I would ask if any one has the solution to the > self writing script > > python find-tomorrows-lotto-numbers.py > > since GvR has been shown to have time traveling abilities such a > script could paradoxically appear acausally. > -- > yrs-not-too-seriously > Robin Becker Not sure, if that's what you mean, but writing a self-replicating script is easy too: import os import sys with open(os.path.abspath(__file__)) as myself: with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as yourself: yourself.write(myself.read()) Give it a filename as a command-line argument and it will write itself to that file. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
... with open(__file__) as myself: print(myself.read(), end='') very nice, but accessing code that's already seems quite easy. I think the real problem is to get a python script name that creates and writes itself. So I would ask if any one has the solution to the self writing script python find-tomorrows-lotto-numbers.py since GvR has been shown to have time traveling abilities such a script could paradoxically appear acausally. -- yrs-not-too-seriously Robin Becker -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
On 2021-05-12 15:48, Michael F. Stemper wrote: > > On 12/05/2021 08.26, Dino wrote: > > > >> Hi, here's my (probably unusual) problem. Can a Python (3.7+) script > >> access its own source code? > > > > Here is a fairly simple python program that reads itself: > > > > > > #!/usr/bin/python > > > > import sys > > > > with open( sys.argv[0], "rt" ) as myself: > > for line in myself: > > junk = sys.stdout.write( "%s" % (line) ) > > > > sys.exit(0) > > > > > > It's not bullet-proof. If you put it in a directory in your $PATH and > > run it from somewhere else, it won't work. > > > > Here's a fairly simple option: == import inspect import sys print(inspect.getsource(sys.modules[__name__])) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
On 2021-05-12 15:48, Michael F. Stemper wrote: On 12/05/2021 08.26, Dino wrote: Hi, here's my (probably unusual) problem. Can a Python (3.7+) script access its own source code? Here is a fairly simple python program that reads itself: #!/usr/bin/python import sys with open( sys.argv[0], "rt" ) as myself: for line in myself: junk = sys.stdout.write( "%s" % (line) ) sys.exit(0) It's not bullet-proof. If you put it in a directory in your $PATH and run it from somewhere else, it won't work. How about this: with open(__file__) as myself: print(myself.read(), end='') -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python script accessing own source code
On 12/05/2021 08.26, Dino wrote: Hi, here's my (probably unusual) problem. Can a Python (3.7+) script access its own source code? Here is a fairly simple python program that reads itself: #!/usr/bin/python import sys with open( sys.argv[0], "rt" ) as myself: for line in myself: junk = sys.stdout.write( "%s" % (line) ) sys.exit(0) It's not bullet-proof. If you put it in a directory in your $PATH and run it from somewhere else, it won't work. -- Michael F. Stemper I feel more like I do now than I did when I came in. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
